Salt Piles

Salar de Uyuni

---

July 22nd 2010
Salar de Uyuni (and the lands surrounding it) is astounding and surreal. The feeling of being on another planet -- be it Mars or one imagination-sprung -- seems to be universal. Though the rides in the Landrovers are crowded and extremely long, there is so much to look at out the windows that the time passes fairly quickly. Still, both the flats and the surrounding mountains are profoundly inho ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Salar de Uyuni

---

Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1... ... read more